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Kanji Detail for 弄 - "to play with, to trifle"
弄
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Meaning
弄 means "to play with, to trifle." Also associated with music.
To play with - To fiddle with; to toy with; to manipulate.
To trifle - To mock; to tease.
Music - A musical piece; to play an instrument.
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Words using 弄
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弄る
いじる
to finger; to touch; to play with
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弄る
いじる
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Tattoo check: 弄
- Verified meaning: to play with, to trifle
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: music
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
play with; tamper; trifle with
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
do, play or fiddle with; alley
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
lane; alley
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to do; to mock, to tease; to play with
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To play with. Now, having a son is called 弄璋; having a daughter is called 弄瓦, distinguishing their playthings. See (Book of Odes). | Making fun of people is also 弄. Such as 戲弄, 侮弄, like saying "toying with." Same meaning as 玩 in "treating the world frivolously." | A musical piece is called 弄. Such as the plum blossom melody 梅花三弄. Also, playing the flute is called 弄笛. | An alley. Originally written as 衖. Ancient pronunciation and meaning both interchangeable with 巷. From Yuan onward, read as 弄, borrowed for the 衖 character.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 弄
Please stop playing with your hat.
The ship was at the mercy of the storm.
You should not fool with poor people.